Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Creating a fancy cut card with my Cricut and Premium glossy paper and a freebie

I've just started using my Cricut again! Last February I purchased a Silhouette and I didn't like it. I was able to cut 4 projects and after that, It just chewed paper with it so I sent it back. Next I purchased a Cricut Explore. This machine cut perfectly with very little effort, but I didn't like the software. A common complaint with the explore - especially if you were happy with the Expressions! Well, Provocraft has a new software upgrade and I am very happy with it so far. Not trying to sound like Goldie locks, but I do have an expectation of things working according to the manufacturer's statement of fabulous or at least Close to it!

Today I decided to make a fancy cut card using te Cricut /software beta and a gorgeous piece of Midnight Blue Premium Glossy and I hoped it would come out on the first cut! I'll show you the results and then the process:

This was really a fun card to make

I used an 8.5x11 sheet and began the cutting with the knife set on heavy cardstock

I was so excited to see how beautifully this paper cut - no nubbies from the knife dragging.

When those Nubbies happen it is not always a dull knife - sometimes it has more to do with the pulp the paper is made from - you guessed it- cheaper pulp with short grain fibers yeild yield poorer quality cuts. With paper, you can't always tell by sight the quality, Paper processing is very complicated and a highly guarded for propriety secrets. in short, this is very good paper and the proof was in the cut.

Because this paper is white core I inked the back in a complementary color for the paper lace background, knowing once it was mounted you would never know it was white core

you can't even see the white, this took about 30 seconds using a distress tool and distress ink.

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